JP2009121879A - Navigation system, on-vehicle terminal, and server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a navigation system or the like capable of reducing cost of an on-vehicle terminal, or the like. <P>SOLUTION: In a navigation system 100 having a server 13 and the on-vehicle terminal 15 communicating mutually, the on-vehicle terminal 15 has a position detection means 41 for detecting the position of a vehicle 200 loaded with the on-vehicle terminal 15, traveling state acquisition means 42, 43 for acquiring the traveling state of the vehicle, the first transmission means 44 for transmitting position information showing the position and traveling state information showing the traveling state to the server, the first reception means 44 for receiving navigation image information of vehicle navigation from the server 13, and display means 49, 52 for displaying a navigation image; and the server 13 has the second reception means 25 for receiving the position information and the traveling state information, an image generation means 31 for generating the navigation image based on the position information and the traveling state information, and the second transmission means 25 for transmitting the navigation image information to the on-vehicle terminal 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle navigation system and the like, and more particularly to a navigation system, an in-vehicle terminal, and a server that transmit navigation image information from a server to the vehicle.

  A technique is known in which map data is processed electronically and, for example, a map around the current position of a user or a map around a destination is displayed on a display. Such map data can be stored on the user side or stored on the server side and transmitted to the user side. In the form held on the user side, the user side does not need to receive the map data, so the map data display process can be completed on the user side. However, on the other hand, it is necessary to manage or update the map data on the user side.

  On the other hand, the form in which the map data is held on the server side has an advantage that the latest map data can be used without updating on the user side, but the map data is displayed from the server to display the map data on the display. Processing to receive occurs.

  Therefore, in a car navigation system that receives map data from a server, a car navigation system that efficiently reduces the amount of map data has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

The car navigation system described in Patent Document 1 sets the range of a map around the route to be displayed reflecting at least one of the position of the intersection on the route to the destination and the road type of the route, Reduce map data.
JP 2004-125449 A

  By the way, in the car navigation system, the position of the vehicle detected by GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like is corrected by autonomous navigation or map matching and is estimated with higher accuracy. In the car navigation system described in Patent Document 1, since the vehicle position is estimated by the vehicle by map matching with respect to the received map data, it is necessary to mount a means for map matching in the car navigation system, which increases costs. There's a problem.

  Even if the map data is held on the user side, the amount of information that can be displayed on the display in route guidance or the like is limited due to the limitation of the data capacity of map data that can be mounted on the vehicle. This restriction is considered to be even greater when the map data is received from the server as described above, and it is difficult to display detailed information in route guidance or the like when the map data is held on the server side. It was.

  In view of the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a navigation system, an in-vehicle terminal, and a server that can reduce the cost of an in-vehicle terminal in a navigation system that holds map data on the server side. It is another object of the present invention to provide a navigation system, an in-vehicle terminal, and a server that can provide more detailed guidance information to a vehicle in a navigation system that holds map data on the server side.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention provides an in-vehicle terminal mounted on a vehicle, a position detection unit that detects the position of the vehicle, a traveling state acquisition unit that acquires a traveling state of the vehicle, positional information on the position, and traveling It comprises transmission means for transmitting traveling status information indicating a situation to the server, receiving means for receiving navigation image information for vehicle navigation from the server, and display means for displaying a navigation image based on the navigation image information. And

  According to the present invention, since the process for generating the navigation image is not required in the in-vehicle terminal, the cost of the in-vehicle terminal can be reduced.

  Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the traveling state information includes at least one of the vehicle speed information of the vehicle speed acquired by the vehicle speed acquisition unit or the traveling direction information of the traveling direction acquired by the traveling direction acquisition unit. Features.

  According to the present invention, since the in-vehicle terminal does not require processing for accurately estimating or correcting the vehicle position, the cost of the in-vehicle terminal can be reduced.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, the receiving means receives navigation image information distributed from a server as a moving image.

  According to the present invention, high-definition navigation image information can be received within a predetermined band by moving image distribution.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided input means for inputting destination information of a vehicle, and the transmission means transmits the destination information to a server.

  According to the present invention, since the server can search for a route from the destination of the vehicle, the in-vehicle terminal does not require a route search process, and the cost of the in-vehicle terminal can be reduced.

  In a navigation system or the like that holds map data on the server side, a navigation system, an in-vehicle terminal, and a server that can reduce the cost of the in-vehicle terminal can be provided.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an example of an overall configuration diagram of the navigation system 100. A vehicle 200 having a navigation client (hereinafter referred to as a navigation client) 15 is connected to a base station 14 and communicates with a server 13 via a network 12 such as a LAN or the Internet.

  The navigation client 15 transmits vehicle data to the server 13, and the server 13 transmits navigation data generated based on the vehicle data to the vehicle 200. In the navigation system 100 of the present embodiment, the traveling direction and the vehicle speed are included in the vehicle data, and the server 13 estimates or corrects the vehicle position with high accuracy by autonomous navigation and map matching. Therefore, the position of the vehicle 200 can be determined with high accuracy in the server 13, and the navigation client 15 of the vehicle 200 does not require estimation and correction by autonomous navigation and map matching, so the cost of the navigation client 15 can be reduced. Further, by distributing the navigation data including the navigation voice and the navigation image as a moving image, it is possible to provide detailed guidance information to the vehicle 200 in a limited band.

  The vehicle 200 is configured to be able to communicate with the base station 14 connected to the network 12 by wireless or wired communication. The base station 14 is, for example, a mobile phone base station or a wireless LAN access point. The radio wave reaching the base station 14 is demodulated into digital data, and reaches the server 13 via a communication server such as an exchange and a mobile phone company. The communication method may be any of a mobile phone, PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), wireless LAN, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), and the like. For transmission / reception of digital data, protocols such as HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) and FTP (File Transfer Protocol) that are upwardly compatible with protocols such as TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) / IP (Internet Protocol) are used. The

  FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of the server 13 and the navigation client 15. The navigation client 15 is controlled by a navigation ECU 45 having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and an input / output interface. The navigation ECU 45 includes a GPS receiver 41, a gyro sensor 42, a vehicle speed sensor 43, a communication unit 44, an input device 46, a video processing unit 49, and an audio processing unit 50 via an in-vehicle LAN such as a CAN (Controller Area Network) or a dedicated line. And a storage device 51.

  The GPS receiver 41 supplements four or more GPS satellites orbiting the earth, calculates the arrival time of radio waves from each GPS satellite, and calculates the distance from the arrival time and the speed of light c to each GPS satellite. To do. Then, a predetermined simultaneous equation is solved using a parameter determined according to the distance (equivalent to finding the intersection of the surfaces of three spheres centered on three GPS satellites), and the position measured from the radio waves of the GPS satellites. Determine the position (latitude, longitude, altitude) of the vehicle.

  The gyro sensor 42 is a yaw rate sensor such as an optical fiber gyro, a vibration piece type gyro, etc., which detects an angular velocity when the vehicle 200 rotates horizontally with respect to the road surface and integrates the detection result to convert the angle into a traveling direction. To do. In order to estimate the three-dimensional direction, it is desirable that the gyro sensor 42 can detect the traveling direction in the three-axis direction.

  The vehicle speed sensor 43 measures, for example, a change in magnetic flux when a convex portion installed at regular intervals on the circumference of a rotor provided in each wheel of the vehicle 200 as a pulse, and the pulse per unit time The wheel speed is measured for each wheel based on the number. The vehicle speed can be obtained by multiplying the wheel speed by the outer diameter of the tire.

  The communication unit 44 is connected to the base station 14, disassembles the vehicle data into predetermined packets, attaches the IP address and packet number of the server 13 to each packet, and transmits them. As a result, the vehicle data is transmitted to the server 13 via the network 12.

  The input device 46 serves as a user interface for inputting operation information for an occupant of the vehicle 200 to operate the navigation client 15. For example, there are a push button type keyboard 47, a microphone 48 for inputting a voice uttered by an occupant, a touch panel formed on the display 52, and the like.

  When the keyboard 47 is operated, the input device 46 generates manual operation information corresponding to the key. In addition, the input device 46 generates an operation sound by converting the sound collected by the microphone 48 into an electric signal, sampling it at predetermined intervals, and A / D converting the electric signal into a numerical value (quantization). To do. In addition, the input device 46 extracts an acoustic feature from the voice collected by the microphone 48, compares it with a learning dictionary learned in advance, and generates a voice command by using the most probable language sequence as a recognition result. .

  Either the operation voice or the voice command may be transmitted to the server 13, but in the case of the operation voice, the server 13 can execute processing for generating a voice command with a large load, and thus the cost of the navigation client 15 can be reduced. . In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the operation voice is transmitted. Hereinafter, the operation voice and the voice command are referred to as voice operation information without being distinguished.

  The storage device 51 is a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk drive or a flash memory, for example, and stores navigation data transmitted from the server 13. As will be described later, this navigation data includes navigation image information for video and navigation voice information for voice.

  The video processing unit 49 requests to generate a navigation image from the navigation image information stored in the storage device 51 and display it on the display 52. As will be described later, since the navigation image is compressed, the video processing unit 49 expands it and stores the pixel values constituting one frame of the display 52 (for example, 480 × 640 pixels) in a VRAM (Video RAM). The pixel value is information for determining the display color for each pixel having the number of bits of each RGB color for each pixel of the display 52.

  The display 52 receives the pixel value transmitted from the VRAM together with the horizontal synchronization signal and the vertical synchronization signal, or a signal for separating one pixel, and displays a navigation image at a predetermined refresh rate.

  The voice processing unit 50 decompresses the navigation voice stored in the storage device 51 and outputs it from the speaker 53 if compressed.

  FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example of information included in the vehicle data. The vehicle data includes vehicle identification information of the vehicle 200, position information detected by the navigation client 15, vehicle speed information, direction information, manual operation information, and voice operation information. The vehicle identification information may be information that can uniquely identify the vehicle 200, for example, a chassis number. The position information is information including coordinates including latitude, longitude, and altitude detected by the GPS receiver 41. The speed information is information indicating the vehicle speed of the vehicle 200 detected by the vehicle speed sensor 43. The direction information is information indicating the traveling direction of the vehicle 200 detected by the gyro sensor 42. The manual operation information is information for operating the navigation client 15 such as a destination and route search, which is input by an occupant of the vehicle 200 by operating the keyboard 47 or the touch panel. The voice operation information is information including information for operating the navigation client 15 such as a destination and route search, which is input from the microphone 48 by the occupant of the vehicle 200. In addition, information indicating whether the vehicle is moving forward or backward may be included.

  The vehicle data always includes vehicle identification information, but does not need to include all of FIG. 3 (a). Manual operation information and voice operation information are transmitted when the occupant operates the input device 46, and position information, The vehicle speed information and the direction information are transmitted every predetermined cycle time (preferably less than 1 second).

  FIG. 3B shows an example of information included in the navigation data. The navigation data includes a navigation image displayed on the display 52 of the navigation client 15 and navigation voice output from the speaker 53. These will be described later.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the server 13 includes an operation detection unit 21, a voice recognition unit 22, a voice synthesis unit 23, a control unit 24, a communication device 25, and a storage device 26, and is controlled by the control unit 24. The control unit 24 is a computer having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and an input / output interface. The CPU reads out and executes the program 28 from the storage device 26 to control the operation detection unit 21 and the like of the server 13, and the route search unit 29, the image generation unit 31, the message generation unit 32, the position estimation unit 33, And the application function of the map matching part 34 is implement | achieved. Note that any or all of the operation detection unit 21, the speech recognition unit 22, and the speech synthesis unit 23 may be implemented by software, and the application function may be implemented by hardware such as a logic circuit.

  The communication device 25 is, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card), is connected to the network 12 and executes protocol processing such as TCP / IP to receive vehicle data, and transmits navigation data to the vehicle 200. The control unit 24 sequentially stores the vehicle data received by the communication device 25 in the storage device 26 for each vehicle 200, for example. Therefore, the server 13 can refer to the vehicle data in the past predetermined time.

  The operation detection unit 21 extracts manual operation information from the vehicle data stored in the storage device 26 to detect an occupant's operation, and replaces it with a control command, for example, and sends it to the control unit 24. If the voice operation information is a voice command, the voice recognition unit 22 replaces it with a control command and sends it to the control unit 24. If the voice operation information is an operation voice, the voice recognition unit 22 performs voice recognition processing on the operation voice and performs a control command. Is transmitted to the control unit 24.

  The voice synthesizer 23 decomposes the message (character string) generated by the message generator 32 into words, assigns phonetic symbols to the words, and outputs a voice waveform according to the phonetic symbols. Then, the waveform is sampled every predetermined time, and the electric signal is A / D converted and digitized (quantized) to generate navigation voice. The message generated by the message generator 32 is a character string that guides a right turn or a left turn, for example.

  The storage device 26 is a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk drive or a flash memory, for example, stores the map data 27 and the program 28, and stores the vehicle data transmitted from the vehicle 200.

  The map data 27 stores road map information such as road networks and intersections in association with latitude and longitude. The map data 27 is a table-like database in which nodes corresponding to actual road networks (points where roads and roads intersect, for example, intersections) and links (roads connecting nodes and nodes) are associated with each other.

  The node table has node numbers, coordinates, the number of links flowing out from the nodes, and their link numbers. The link table has a link number, a start node and an end node constituting the link, a link length, and a direction with respect to the node. The node number and the link number are determined so as not to overlap each other, and a road network is formed by tracing the node number and the link number. The map data 27 stores road types such as ordinary roads and highways and facilities such as gas stations for each road.

  The application function will be described. The route search unit 29 searches for a route from the current position to the destination based on the position information (current position) and the destination included in the vehicle data. For the route search, for example, the Dijkstra method is used. In the Dijkstra method, link length, left / right turn, width, traffic regulation, etc. are replaced with costs, and a route with the smallest integrated value of these costs is selected.

  The position estimation unit 33 accumulates the travel distance based on the vehicle speed information in the direction of the direction information of the vehicle data, starting from the position information of the vehicle data or the position information corrected by the map matching unit 34, and the current position of the vehicle 200 Is estimated (hereinafter referred to as an estimated position).

  In addition, the estimated position of the vehicle 200 estimated at a predetermined distance in the past is stored in the storage device 26. Thereby, the traveling locus of the vehicle 200 is obtained.

  The map matching unit 34 uses the road map around the vehicle 200 on the assumption that the vehicle 200 is likely to travel on the road, and sets the position of the vehicle 200 on the most likely road with respect to the estimated position. Correction is performed (hereinafter, a map-matched position is referred to as a correction position). There are several methods for map matching. For example, a point where a perpendicular line dropped from the estimated position intersects the link in the direction closest to the direction of the direction information may be used as the correction position. The road map patterns of the data 27 may be compared to extract adjacent links based on the degree of coincidence, and the corresponding position on the link may be used as the correction position of the vehicle 200.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the correction position of the vehicle 200 specified on the road map. In FIG. 4, the vehicle 200 is traveling at a position S that is a correction position. A destination E is set, and a route 60 to the destination E is searched by the route search unit 29.

  The image generation unit 31 generates a navigation image of a drawing range including the position S (for example, several km square). The drawing range is set by the occupant using manual operation information or voice operation information, or is set in the server 13 in advance.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a navigation image generated by the image generation unit 31. The image generation unit 31 extracts a road map in the drawing range determined based on the correction position from the map data 27, and forms a road network according to the link length, the connection direction between the links, the width, and the like. Then, the color of each link is set according to the road type, and a predetermined color is set for an urban area, a river, the sea, a mountain, etc. other than the road, and a school icon 61, a bank icon 62, a post office icon 63, An icon whose shape or color is registered in advance is placed in a facility such as the police icon 64 or the park icon 65. Also, a relatively conspicuous current position icon 66 registered in advance is arranged at the position S in FIG. When the route 60 to the destination E is searched by the route search unit 29, a predetermined color is set for the route 60.

  One frame of the navigation image is generated by such processing, and the image generation unit 31 repeats generation of the navigation image each time vehicle data is transmitted, for example. Therefore, navigation images of road maps in a range covering the road (for example, route 60) on which the vehicle 200 travels are generated one after another. Note that the image generation unit 31 scans the entire navigation image and acquires, for example, pixel values of RGB colors for each pixel.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the route 60 to the destination E is searched by the route search unit 29, the message generation unit 32 generates a message before the intersections n1 to n5 that turn right or left. This message is, for example, a character string such as “200m ahead, right turn”. The voice synthesizer 23 generates a navigation voice of the message generated by the message generator 32.

  Then, the moving image data generating unit 35 generates moving image data from the navigation images generated one after another, and generates the moving image data by adding the navigation sound when the navigation sound is generated. Since the navigation image and the navigation sound are generated in parallel in time, moving image data in which the navigation image and the navigation sound are synchronized can be generated.

  The moving image data generation unit 35 extracts, for example, a difference between navigation images generated one after another, and compresses the MPEG2, MPEG4, FLASH, or H.264. The navigation image is compressed by a standard such as H.264, and the navigation voice is compressed by AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) or the like to generate navigation data including both. The navigation sound may be compressed by any standard such as MP3, WMA (Windows (registered trademark) Media Audio).

  In this embodiment, the navigation data is generated in a moving image format. However, the navigation image may be transmitted as a still image, for example, by compressing the navigation image with JPEG. In this case, the navigation image and the navigation sound are stored in separate files.

  The communication device 25 of the server 13 distributes the created moving image data live by unicast using the vehicle 200 as a distribution destination. Therefore, the vehicle 200 can receive the navigation image and the navigation sound in real time.

  Conventional map data 27 may be composed of a relatively small number of directed line segments (vector data) due to data capacity restrictions, but the server 13 has less data capacity restrictions on map data 27. An extremely high-definition expression and a high-definition 3D display are possible by using many directed line segments. Conventionally, it has been difficult to configure the map data 27 mounted on the vehicle 200 as raster data. However, since the server 13 can store raster data of various scales in advance, A road map rich in expressiveness can be provided simply by arranging the current position icon 66 according to the correction position.

  In addition, since the moving image data is affected by the time length of the stored navigation image rather than whether the navigation image is high definition or not, even if the navigation image is generated from high definition representation, 3D display or raster data, the size is almost constant. If the predetermined bandwidth can be secured, there is no fear that the communication speed will be insufficient.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in which the navigation ECU 45 transmits vehicle data to the server 13. The process shown in FIG. 6 is started, for example, when the ignition is turned on, and is repeated until the ignition is turned off.

  The navigation ECU 45 acquires the position detected by the GPS receiver 41, the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor 43, and the direction detected by the gyro sensor 42 at predetermined timings (S10). The acquisition timing is, for example, less than 1 second.

  Next, the navigation ECU 45 generates position information from the position, vehicle speed information from the vehicle speed, and direction information from the direction (S20). If the timing at which the position, vehicle speed, and direction are detected is different, position information, vehicle speed information, and direction information are generated at each timing.

  The navigation ECU 45 monitors an interruption from the input device 46, and determines whether or not an operation of the input device 46 by a passenger is detected (S30).

  When an operation is detected (Yes in S30), manual operation information is generated when the keyboard 47 is operated, and voice operation information is generated when operated by voice from the microphone 48 (S40).

  Then, the navigation ECU 45 creates vehicle data from some or all of the position information, vehicle speed information, direction information, manual operation information, and voice operation information, and transmits it to the server 13 (S50). The vehicle data is repeatedly transmitted to the server 13 by the above processing.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure for transmitting the moving image data generated from the vehicle data to the vehicle 200 by the control unit 24 of the server 13. The process of FIG. 7 is repeated as long as there is a vehicle 200 that communicates with the server 13.

  The control unit 24 of the server 13 receives vehicle data transmitted from the vehicle 200 (S110). And it is determined whether manual operation information or audio | voice operation information is contained in vehicle data (S120).

  When manual operation information or voice operation information is included (Yes in S120), the operation detection unit 21 generates a control command from the manual operation information, and the voice recognition unit 22 generates a control command from the voice operation information (S130). .

  Next, the image generation unit 31 generates a navigation image, and the message generation unit 32 generates a navigation voice (S140). First, the position estimation unit 33 reads the previous estimated position from the storage device 26, accumulates the travel distance based on the vehicle speed information in the direction of the direction information starting from the estimated position, and estimates the current estimated position of the vehicle 200. Then, the map matching unit 34 corrects the position of the vehicle 200 to the most probable road with respect to the estimated position of the vehicle data using the road map around the vehicle 200. As a result, a corrected position in which the position of the vehicle 200 is corrected with high accuracy is obtained.

  Then, the image generation unit 31 generates a navigation image in a predetermined drawing range together with the current position icon 66 corresponding to the correction position of the vehicle 200. If the control command generated in step S130 is to change the navigation image, such as the scale of the navigation image, the display range, or the designation of the north direction, the current position icon 66 is placed in the changed navigation image.

  Next, the moving image data generation unit 35 generates moving image data from the navigation image and the navigation sound if there is navigation sound from the navigation image (S150).

  The communication device 25 transmits navigation data including moving image data to the vehicle 200 (S160). That is, the communication device 25 breaks down the moving image data into packets, gives the IP address of the vehicle 200 to each packet, and transmits it. The navigation data is repeatedly transmitted to the vehicle 200 through the above processing.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure in which the navigation ECU 45 displays a navigation image and outputs a navigation voice. The process of FIG. 8 is started, for example, when the ignition is turned on, and is repeated until the ignition is turned off.

  The communication unit 44 of the navigation client 15 receives the navigation data transmitted from the server 13 (S210). The video processing unit 49 stores the packet data in the buffer memory of the storage device 51 until the packet data for one screen is received, and displays the navigation image when the packet data for one screen is received (S220). If the navigation data includes navigation voice, the voice processing unit 50 expands the navigation voice and outputs it from the speaker 53.

  As described above, according to the navigation system 100 of the present embodiment, the position of the vehicle 200 is corrected with high accuracy in the server 13, and therefore the cost of the navigation client 15 of the vehicle 200 can be reduced. Further, by using the navigation data (navigation image) as the moving image data, it is possible to provide an extremely high-definition navigation image while suppressing the data volume almost constant.

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The position detected by the GPS receiver 41 of the vehicle 200 is the current position of the vehicle 200, but when the navigation image generated by the server 13 is displayed on the vehicle 200, the vehicle 200 is already from the position indicated by the current position icon 66. Is also moving in the direction of travel. If the time lag from when the GPS receiver 41 detects the position until the navigation image is displayed on the vehicle 200 is about 1 second, for example, the vehicle 200 at 60 km / h travels about 17 m. Accordingly, the distance traveled during the time lag is not large with respect to the drawing range (for example, 500 m square), and the occupant is given the impression that the actual running position and the position indicated by the current position icon 66 are greatly deviated. There is no risk of giving.

  However, if the server 13 predicts the position of the vehicle 200 after the elapse of the time lag and generates a navigation image, the actual traveling position and the position indicated by the current position icon 66 are more accurately matched. Therefore, the navigation system 100 in which the image generation unit 31 predicts the position of the vehicle 200 after the lapse of time and generates a navigation image will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the position detected by the GPS receiver 41 and the predicted position after the lapse of time. The predicted position is predicted by the position estimation unit 33. The position estimation unit 33 predicts the predicted position after the lapse of time from the vehicle speed information and the direction information of the vehicle data. The time lag is an approximate time from when the GPS receiver 41 detects a position until the navigation image is displayed on the vehicle 200, and is known in advance. The position estimating unit 33 predicts the predicted position by extending the distance calculated from the product of the vehicle speed and the time lag in the direction according to the direction information. In addition, the acceleration / deceleration of the vehicle 200 may be calculated from past vehicle speed information and used for prediction of the predicted position.

  Then, the image generation unit 31 generates a navigation image in the drawing range including the predicted position. Therefore, the difference between the actual travel position and the position indicated by the current position icon 66 can be reduced. Because the predicted position can be predicted every cycle time shorter than the cycle in which the vehicle data is received, by creating multiple navigation screens to the predicted position, the navigation data delivered as video data can be made to be a smoother video. Can do.

  Also, it may be difficult to predict whether or not the vehicle will proceed in the direction of the direction information before an intersection or the like. In this case, if the speed decreases before the intersection, the position estimation unit 33 predicts that the traveling direction will change and does not estimate the predicted position. If the speed does not decrease before the intersection, as described above. Predict the predicted position. When the speed is reduced, the difference between the actual traveling position and the position indicated by the current position icon 66 is small, so that there is little influence even if the estimated position is not estimated. Therefore, even if the speed decreases simply by waiting for a signal, the same processing can be performed even if the vehicle actually turns right or left.

  By determining whether or not to predict in this way, it is possible to prevent the current position icon 66 from being erroneously arranged in the navigation image. In addition, when the route 60 to the destination is searched, the predicted position may be predicted along the route 60.

  According to this modification, the actual traveling position and the position indicated by the current position icon 66 can be matched more accurately.

It is an example of the whole block diagram of a navigation system. It is an example of a functional block diagram of a server and a navigation client. It is a figure which shows an example of the information which vehicle data and navigation data contain. It is a figure which shows an example of the correction position of the vehicle specified on a road map. It is a figure which shows an example of the navigation image which an image generation part produces | generates. It is a flowchart figure which shows the procedure in which navigation ECU transmits vehicle data to a server. It is a flowchart figure which shows the procedure which transmits the moving image data which the control part of the server produced | generated from vehicle data to a vehicle. It is a flowchart figure which shows the procedure in which navigation ECU displays a navigation image and outputs a navigation audio | voice. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the position detected by the GPS receiver, and the estimated position after time lag progress.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Server 14 Base station 15 Navi client 27 Map data 28 Program 29 Route search part 31 Image generation part 32 Message generation part 33 Position estimation part 34 Map matching part 35 Movie data generation part 41 GPS receiver 42 Gyro sensor 43 Vehicle speed sensor 100 Navigation system

Claims (8)

In a navigation system having a server and an in-vehicle terminal that communicate with each other,
The in-vehicle terminal is
Position detecting means for detecting the position of the vehicle on which the in-vehicle terminal is mounted;
A driving condition acquisition means for acquiring the driving condition of the vehicle;
First transmission means for transmitting the position information of the position and the traveling state information indicating the traveling state to the server;
First receiving means for receiving navigation image information of vehicle navigation from the server;
Display means for displaying a navigation image based on the navigation image information,
The server
Second receiving means for receiving the position information and the driving situation information;
Image generating means for generating the navigation image based on the position information and the traveling state information;
A second transmission means for transmitting the navigation image information to the in-vehicle terminal,
A navigation system characterized by that. The travel status information is
Including at least one of vehicle speed information indicating the vehicle speed acquired by the vehicle speed acquisition means, or traveling direction information indicating the traveling direction acquired by the traveling direction acquisition means,
The navigation system according to claim 1. In an in-vehicle terminal mounted on a vehicle,
Position detecting means for detecting the position of the vehicle;
A driving condition acquisition means for acquiring the driving condition of the vehicle;
Transmission means for transmitting the position information of the position and the traveling state information indicating the traveling state to a server;
Receiving means for receiving navigation image information of vehicle navigation from the server;
Display means for displaying a navigation image based on the navigation image information;
In-vehicle terminal characterized by having. The travel status information is
Including at least one of vehicle speed information indicating the vehicle speed acquired by the vehicle speed acquisition means, or traveling direction information indicating the traveling direction acquired by the traveling direction acquisition means,
The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 3. The receiving means receives the navigation image information distributed from the server as a moving image;
The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that. Input means for inputting the destination information of the vehicle,
The transmission means transmits the destination information to the server;
The in-vehicle terminal according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein In a vehicle navigation server,
Receiving means for receiving position information indicating the position of the vehicle and driving condition information indicating the driving condition;
Image generating means for generating a navigation image based on the position information and the driving situation information;
Transmitting means for transmitting the navigation image information to the in-vehicle terminal;
The server characterized by having. The travel status information is
Including at least one of the vehicle speed information of the vehicle speed acquired by the vehicle speed acquisition means, or the traveling direction information of the traveling direction acquired by the traveling direction acquisition means,
The server according to claim 7.

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